Hi David,
Thanks for the reply. Although I did say that I had no routing on the linux side, that was because I was looking at the redhat network gui which had nothing listed under the ROUTE tab. However, using the route command you mentioned, I get the following information (please note that the 203. addresses are the new allocated IP from my dial-up provider)
Linux (using "route -n")
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Code:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 <-- this one is junk, can't get rid of it
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 10.0.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
Windows (using "route print")
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Code:
Active Routes:
Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Interface
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 203.xxx.85.xx 203.xxx.85.xx
10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.2
10.0.0.2 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
10.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.2
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1
203.xxx.85.0 255.255.255.0 203.xxx.85.xx 203.xxx.85.xx
203.xxx.85.xx 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
203.xxx.85.255 255.255.255.255 203.xxx.85.xx 203.xxx.85.xx
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 203.xxx.85.xx 203.xxx.85.xx
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.2
Pings from Windows (dial up PC)
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C:\WINDOWS>ping
www.linuxquestions.org
Pinging
www.linuxquestions.org [64.179.4.149] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.179.4.149: bytes=32 time=518ms TTL=51
Reply from 64.179.4.149: bytes=32 time=517ms TTL=51
Reply from 64.179.4.149: bytes=32 time=513ms TTL=51
Reply from 64.179.4.149: bytes=32 time=508ms TTL=51
C:\WINDOWS>ping 64.179.4.149
Pinging 64.179.4.149 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.179.4.149: bytes=32 time=513ms TTL=51
Reply from 64.179.4.149: bytes=32 time=487ms TTL=51
Reply from 64.179.4.149: bytes=32 time=520ms TTL=51
Reply from 64.179.4.149: bytes=32 time=517ms TTL=51
C:\WINDOWS>tracert 64.179.4.149
Tracing route to web1.linuxquestions.org [64.179.4.149]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 278 ms 279 ms 279 ms syd-ts17-2600.tpgi.com.au [202.7.209.208]
2 277 ms 279 ms 278 ms syd-ibo-cup-1-vlan-2.tpgi.com.au [202.7.209.1]
3 272 ms 279 ms 279 ms syd-ibo-zeu-1-ge-9-0.tpg.com.au [203.12.160.32]
4 277 ms 279 ms 279 ms TPG-ge-3-1-0-ar1.syd1.gblx.net [203.192.167.21]
5 278 ms 279 ms 279 ms ge0-0-0-1000M.cr2.SYD1.gblx.net [203.192.136.85]
6 etc etc etc
Pings from Linux (client needing access to the internet)
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[root@eressea test]# ping -c3
www.linuxquestions.org
ping: unknown host
www.linuxquestions.org
[root@eressea test]# ping -c3 64.179.4.149
PING 64.179.4.149 (64.179.4.149) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- 64.179.4.149 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2010ms
[root@eressea test]# traceroute 64.179.4.149
traceroute to 64.179.4.149 (64.179.4.149), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 hithlum (10.0.0.2) 0.378 ms 0.211 ms 0.770 ms
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * etc etc etc
That's a lot of IP addreses.... hope you can help me clear up where I am going wrong.